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I brought it inside my house and gave it a little oxygen and fermaid.... still nothing yet.. lets see what happens

Yea I just purchased a stir plate and a 2L flask and a yeast culturing kit

Yea, I've always wanted to get one and use it. I also wanted to culture my yeast so i could use it again.

Dump straight into the carboy

Its been 36 hours now and still no action in the airlock... should I be concerned?

I used white labs Oktoberfest yeast. Still no action in the airlock

Yesterday I made my first lager, an Oktoberfest lager. right now it is in a controlled temp and is at 48 degrees. Is that too cold?

I know someone was asking to see how it all fits together. Here is my cooling table. The chugger pump pumps hot wort through the counterflow. Underneath the table is a cooler with a 210 gpm pond pump that pumps ice water in the opposite direction and returns it back to the cooler. Saves on the...

This is my first all grain recipe I designed on Beersmith2. Any feedback, questions, concerns would be greatly appreciated. 7 lbs 3.1 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) 60.8 % 1 lbs 11.8 oz Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) 14.7 % 1 lbs 11.8 oz Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) 14.7 % 1 lbs 2.5 oz...

Haha yup I broke the secret code... I wasn't drinking a homebrew when I made it I was drinking a vanilla coke.... I was bound for mishaps

Haha yea newbie mistake but the beer seems to be doing quite well in the fermenter. It's a Belgian witbier so hop bitterness isn't huge on it anyways

So, I was working up this beautiful Belgian Witbier and I was doing a late extract so I could get the color correct and etc... well about 45 min into the boil I look over and my temp is dropping!!!! I look under the pot and the flame went out!!! I check the tank and there was none left!!! I RAN...

I am currently living in Ellabell. Also military.

I am trying to find a way to set everything up. I have an old coffee table that I am about to mount my chugger pump and wort chiller to. If only I had the money to afford more Blichmann pots. I kinda spent the beer funds on the gear I had now. I am ready to start all grain... I think it will be...

When I first started making wine a family friend explained it to me like this: "yeast are living organisms, they work hard in the heat, they will sweat, sweat don't taste good, keep it cool and they will perform better" Kinda childish saying but it made sense to me

That's what I figured also. Still tastes great, no complaints there. Just really dark for a Belgian Witbier.

I will get pictures as I am still trying to fine tune my set up.

Yes I use a 14.8 cu ft freezer with a Johnson A419 controller to control temperatures. My first beer I made in the conical turned out good (no controlled temp) the second, I moved my wine out of the freezer (cold crashing, same as beer) and used that setup. It turned out 10x better. Controlling...

I have an oxygen setup and a conical haha that's the first things I posted. You are absolutely correct about the equipment. Knowledge and experience makes good beer, not fancy equipment. I always wanted to make beer and figured if I was going to, I'm going to go all out in a manner haha. I've...

It actually tastes quite good. A lot better than I expected.